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INDEX. 



Alford, in Aberdeenshire, meteorological observations made there, 



by Dr Farquharson, 159 and 367. 

 Alps of Dauphine, observations on, 166. 

 Amphodelite, account of, 181. 



Anderson, Dr Thomas, his analysis of caporcianlte and phakolite, 21. 

 Andesine, analysis of, 181. 

 Ants, ancient fable of, producing gold, 190. 

 Applegarth Manse, in Dumfriesshire, meteorological observations 



made there, by Dr Dunbar, 161 and 368. 

 Arquerite, analysis of, 181. 



Beaches, raised, near St Andrews, described by R. Chambers, Esq., 



298. 

 Beaumont, Elie de, remarks on two points in the theory of glaciers, 



110. 

 , on the slopes of the upper limit of the erratic zone, and 



on their comparison with the slopes of glaciers and of river 



courses, 115. 



-, on the former low temperature of European winters, 177. 



Bamlite, analysis of, 182. 



Blom, Gustav Peter, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of 



Drontheim, on the rein-deer of Lapland, 352. 

 Bradford, M., on the history and origin of the red race, 155. 

 Bromide of silver in Mexico, 182. 

 Bromide of silver in Chili, 182. 

 Bronze, Egyptian, 388. 



Oalstron-baryte, account of, 183. 

 Calcareous rocks pierced by helices, 186. 

 Chalk fossils, account of, by M. Ehrenberg, 256. 

 Chambers, R., Esq., F.R.S.E., on raised beaches in the neighbour- 

 hood of St Andrews, 298. 

 Chimpanzee, account of, by M. Vrolik, 347. 

 Chinese, their natural historical writinors noticed, 153. 



